Comments on: Penn State coach Bill O’Brien considering an NFL interviewhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/01/penn-state-coach-bill-obrien-considering-an-nfl-interview/
ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.comTue, 03 Mar 2015 19:09:00 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: donkeykong2011http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/01/penn-state-coach-bill-obrien-considering-an-nfl-interview/#comment-2223826
Wed, 02 Jan 2013 03:59:30 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1633951#comment-2223826Belichick is the best coach any of us has ever seen. And you know it.

That said, none of his assistants that move on ever pan out. Romeo Crennel, Charlie Weis, Josh McDaniels, Eric Mangini, and Scott Pioli have all been a bust.

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Wed, 02 Jan 2013 03:47:48 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1633951#comment-2223812I admired O’Brien and thought he was pretty gutsy to take on the Penn St. coaching job, but 4 years of obscurity may be too much to bear for any man with ambitions.

My question is, if Penn St. had any inkling that they were going to be hit this hard, why didn’t they offer the job to a lower profile coach who needed some notches on his belt vs. a coach who could, arguably, take a HC position in the NFL?

Four years of recruiting challenges and when winning won’t even get you a participation trophy?

Who would’ve knowingly taken that on except a young up-and-comer wanting to put some skins on the wall?

O’Brien has a tough decision here but I can’t say that I fault him.

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Wed, 02 Jan 2013 02:49:13 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1633951#comment-2223764I think O’Brian is going to stay at Penn State if he has any character.
(How can you ask player to stay and then leave)?
I was the biggest Penn State basher on the planet and Joe Paterno really did know EVERYTHING .. he really did.
But O’Brian knows if he hangs in there a few years, college coaches are going to make just as much (if not more) then pro coaches. He’ll go legend in Happy Valley and can fill in the blanks on his paycheck.
Why do you think Penn State never blinked over $60 million? Pocket change to them.
O’Brian will not interview with anyone or it will be a sign of disloyalty.
Either he’s all in with Penn State or he’s on his own.
They will eat they’re young in Happy Valley.
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Wed, 02 Jan 2013 02:12:21 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1633951#comment-2223722Does anyone realize how good this must look to recruits? A lot of PSU fans are worried, but the more informed ones seem to be pretty confident he’s staying. O’Brien just doesn’t seem like the type of guy to go against everything he stands for, or at least stood for last year. Can’t ever be sure, but seems to me (and part of this is definitely me hoping) that he’s just keeping his name out there so everyone knows he could have a job at the NFL level if he wanted it.
]]>By: contracthttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/01/penn-state-coach-bill-obrien-considering-an-nfl-interview/#comment-2223668
Wed, 02 Jan 2013 01:36:51 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1633951#comment-2223668“hey, how’s that 7th Lombardi coming along?”

One thing is sure … it’s coming along a heck of a lot better than it is for your team.

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Tue, 01 Jan 2013 23:50:09 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1633951#comment-2223455This is almost as good as the story where Tony Dungy announced he wouldn’t take a head coaching job that was never offered to him.
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Tue, 01 Jan 2013 22:31:32 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1633951#comment-2223302I don’t know how much he’d help an NFL team, but losing him would be devastating to Penn State (and I say this as a PSU fan). There’s a fine line here – – being successful enough to get recruits but not so successful that he gets offers from elsewhere. He might have crossed that second line – – and then where will PSU go?
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Tue, 01 Jan 2013 22:27:23 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1633951#comment-2223288Cupcake schedule? Are you out of your mind?

He did a masterful job with the TOUGH schedule they had and all the defections of players from the team.

]]>By: patfankenhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/01/penn-state-coach-bill-obrien-considering-an-nfl-interview/#comment-2223286
Tue, 01 Jan 2013 22:26:54 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1633951#comment-2223286Those who believe that the Pats won’t be a serious competitor when Brady leaves, are really just hoping that will be the case. In their hearts, they really know that its not true. They all saw what happened in 2008.

Everyone who makes the NFL is a good player, NE has a system that tends to make them better, and that’s going to continue after Brady is gone.

BTW- don’t forget the Pats went to the superbowl last season with a team that had 19 players who started their careers as UDFA’s. They added 2 more this draft, both who are contributing.

As for O’Brien, even though I don’t care about college football, I sure hope he doesn’t jump. Whether he was misled or not, and especially in that particular job, a man of integrity would stay and see his contract through. Period. Some things money just shouldn’t buy.

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Tue, 01 Jan 2013 22:12:55 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1633951#comment-2223254I’m a little surprised that O’Brien is so highly coveted, considering he has zero significant wins so far at Penn State. O’Brien, like Paterno before him, benefited from a cupcake schedule.
When O’Brien’s PSU teams start beating Ohio State even once in a while, get back to me.
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Tue, 01 Jan 2013 21:59:49 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1633951#comment-2223205Can you blame him?
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Tue, 01 Jan 2013 21:47:37 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1633951#comment-2223144I’m no PSU fan, but maybe the loyal supporters of that program in State College PA including the Penn State student-athletes who stayed around after the sanctions deserve a coach who thinks of himself second.
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Tue, 01 Jan 2013 21:20:11 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1633951#comment-2223074Somedayike to meet these “Belicheat” and “Tom Bundchen” type folk, just to see if they have two heads or look like normal people.
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Tue, 01 Jan 2013 21:19:23 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1633951#comment-2223073If he leaves, he will be known as Benedict Bill!
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Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:58:58 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1633951#comment-2223026Belichik and his flunkies are good, but the mega success in New England comes from Tom Bundchen, and when he retires, the glory departs. Along with BB.
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Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:58:13 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1633951#comment-2223025As a Penn State grad and Jag season ticket owner, if Khan brings in O’Brien, he can keep his tickets. Maybe some homer Gator fan will buy them when Tebow is brought onboard. But I doubt it. SEC grads make an average of $12 an hour.
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Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:58:06 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1633951#comment-2223023As a Penn State student, Bill could you not?
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Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:47:05 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1633951#comment-2223010He knew there was a risk going in. He’s entitle to go where ever he chooses. Although, it would make his actions an statements this past year, very disingenuous. Those seniors stood by him, each other and the university…
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Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:41:44 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1633951#comment-2223001@giantssb42champs

Another Belicheat flunky in the making.
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Full disclosure. Not speaking as a Patriots fan. Just tired of idiots using the term “Belicheat” because they are too lazy and stupid to come up with anything new. It is 2013. You would think that a true Giants fan who’s team has beat the Pats twice would be happy with that.

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Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:40:47 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1633951#comment-2222998Not even George Steinbrenner would pay 18 million just to buy this guys contract out…he ain’t going nowhere unless Penn State agrees to waive that buyout…. The next 4 years are going to suck … Imagine if PSU went undefeated in those 4 years … It means NOTHING!!!!!!
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Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:36:30 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1633951#comment-2222991Bobby Knight!
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Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:30:57 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1633951#comment-2222982His reputation from the start was that he’s a man’s man and a leader. If he leaves PSU after 1 yr then he’d fall right into the ranks of these other college coaches who stray from the truth. I know it’s all part of a big dream for these guys but when is your word your word!?!?
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Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:22:41 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1633951#comment-2222966Nick Saban!!!
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Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:14:55 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1633951#comment-2222947I thought O’Brien’s contract at Penn State had some sort of escape clause language that permitted a clean break if the school was sanctioned for more than one year, particularly because there was so much uncertainty about it when O’Brien signed on.
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Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:13:04 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1633951#comment-2222941Its absolutely ridiculous that Penn State’s millions of fans are being punished by the criminal actions of an individual who wasn’t even employed with the school at the time. Shame on the PSU board for willingly accepting these sanctions. The 4 players mentioned in the Freeh report, whether they did enough or not is hearsay. As deplorable of their potential crimes are there really is little evidence to back any of it up. ESPN’s guilty first witch hunt media attack was borderline slander & the NCAA completely whiffed on their power move. Of course nobody is writing about this, it sells more papers to bash Joe Paterno.
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Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:07:23 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1633951#comment-2222925He did know there were possible sanctions. In his contract if there was sanctions he had 4 more years added to his contract which took effect. C’mon do your research!!!
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Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:06:14 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1633951#comment-2222919coys10 says:

No owner is going to pay 18.4 million for guy that has never been an NFL coach. If they did, they are an idiot and usually idiots don’t get to own NFL teams.
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Ross
Snyder
Jones
Adams
W. Johnson
Brown
Bidwill

Any idiot who makes enough money elsewhere can be an NFL owner if he plays his cards right. Any idiot who happens to be the son of an owner, whether the father was an idiot (Bidwill Sr.) or not (Paul Brown), can get a team the same way.

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Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:01:50 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1633951#comment-2222908Sure, pay the $18.4 million. After all, it is Known Fact that having been with the Patriots makes one a guaranteed winner for life, that any team that employs anyone endowed with the Belichick/Brady magic is an automatic winner.

I mean, has any group of disciples of any coach ever experienced such an uninterrupted record of success???

That said, I wish coach O’Brien many years of success and happiness–at Penn State.

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Tue, 01 Jan 2013 19:58:35 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1633951#comment-2222902If he were to leave, then everything he stood for last year would been just fake. Here is the interesting thing, I wonder what happens when the state of Pennsylvania sues the NCAA?
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